India’s new citizenship law has proved the last straw for some Muslims angered over Hindu nationalist policies pursued by the Modi government
NEW DELHI—Indian Muslims are stepping off the sidelines to join the political fray, driven by fears their status as citizens has never been more threatened and encouraged by the numbers of non-Muslims joining them in opposing a new citizenship law.
The law, which creates a simplified path to citizenship for immigrants from surrounding countries of every major South Asian faith, except Islam, has proved the last straw for some Muslims. Many had watched with concern as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, ascendant after...
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